Research Article
Thymosin β4 Protects against Cardiac Damage and Subsequent Cardiac Fibrosis in Mice with Myocardial Infarction
Table 3
AAV-Tβ4 alleviates upregulation of inflammatory factors in heart tissues.
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| Day 7 | n | IL-1β (pg/mL) | IL-6 (pg/mL) | TNF-α (pg/mL) |
| NS | 7 | 32.29 ± 2.92 | 34.29 ± 3.29 | 3.87 ± 0.38 | AMI | 7 | 55.86 ± 5.16 | 59.29 ± 5.17 | 6.36 ± 0.50 | AMI+AAV-LacZ | 7 | 51.57 ± 5.69 | 58.71 ± 5.58 | 6.41 ± 0.56 | AMI+AAV-Tβ4 | 7 | 38.71 ± 4.02 | 40.71 ± 3.90 | 3.39 ± 0.41 |
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| Day 42 | n | IL-1β (pg/mL) | IL-6 (pg/mL) | TNF-α (pg/mL) |
| NS | 7 | 64.32 ± 3.24 | 75.56 ± 2.45 | 7.02 ± 2.21 | AMI | 4 | 89.41 ± 3.98 | 95.43 ± 4.48 | 18.76 ± 1.96 | AMI+AAV-LacZ | 5 | 90.13 ± 4.65 | 89.33 ± 3.32 | 16.53 ± 3.94 | AMI+AAV-Tβ4 | 6 | 66.41 ± 5.54 | 78.89 ± 3.76 | 9.09 ± 1.97 |
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P<0.01 vs the AMI or AMI+AAV-LacZ group. |